Month: February 2011

2011 – Suzi Rotolo, Bob Dylan’s former girlfriend dies on This Day In Rock! After meeting backstage at one of his gigs, Dylan was overcome by Suzi’s raw beauty. From Dylan’s 2004 memoir, he described her as one of the most charming spectacles he has ever seen: “She was the most erotic thing I’d ever […]

2011 – On This Day In Rock The White House celebrated the music of Motown Records today with a special concert featuring Motown legends Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson as well as contemporary stars such as Jamie Foxx, Sheryl Crow and Nick Jonas. President Obama held the event as part of an ongoing celebration of […]

2011 -Lindsey Buckingham will receive the ASCAP Golden Note Award at the sixth annual ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo, to be held April 28-30 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. Buckingham, whose seventh solo album will be released later this year, will speak about his career as a songwriter, producer, guitarist and singer […]

2011 – The Monkees announce the bands 45th anniversary tour. Peter Tork, Davey Jones and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees announce the bands 45th anniversary tour at The Groucho Club on February 21, 2011 in London, England. Ten years earlier, there were problems in the reunion tour where Tork accused Davey and Mickey of […]

2011 – Rod Stewart just became a father for the eighth time. Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster gave birth to a son, Aiden, on Wednesday, the 66-year-old rocker’s rep tells UsMagazine.com. PHOTOS: Can you believe these couples’ age differences? “Rod and Penny are thrilled…Mother and baby are healthy and blissfully happy,” the rep says, adding that […]

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2011 – Jeff Beck’s “Emotion & Commotion” will compete in four categories, and he also picked up a nod for his work on a Herbie Hancock project. Beck, a somewhat reclusive type once described as “the lone-cat gunslinger supreme” by Mojo magazine, will temporarily bury his disdain for awards shows and show up at the […]

2011 – On This Day In Rock, Aretha Franklin and Rev. Jesse Jackson attended Friday night’s Miami Heat with LeBron James at the Detroit Pistons game. Her First public apearance since her surgery on Dec 2nd 2010. She was quoted as saying, “I’m feeling really great,” she said. “Loving the game, loving the game.” What […]